Improvement in feather-renovators



J. C. DIVERS.

' FEATHER RENOVA'IOR.

Patented March 20, 1877 ER Pnomumuanuuin, WASHINGTON. n c.

PATENT OFrro-n.

JOSEPH c. DIVERS, OF NEW HAVEN, issoUar.

- IMPROVEMENT lN FEATH ER -RENOVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 188,504, dated March20 1877; application tiled To all whom it may concernq Be it known thatI, JOSEPH G. DIVERS, of- New Haven, in the county'ofFranklin and Stateof Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement inFeather-Renovator, of which the following is a specification: v

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved machine,taken through the line w m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2v is a vertical cross-sectionof the same, taken through the line yy, Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the rod and its packm s.

imilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is'to furnish an improved machine forrenovating feathers,-

which shall be simple in construction, conven- 'ient in use, andeffective in operation, thorwith the hollow perforated shaft of thedouble-walled wheel, as hereinafter full y described A is the uprightframe of the machine, to

the top of which is attached a horizontal frame, B. To one end of theframe B is hinged the end of the frame 0, which rests upon the saidframe B; and to the middle part of its side bars are attached thebearings, in which revolve the journals of the hollow shaft D, one endof which projects to receive the crank E, by which it is turned.

To the shaft D, near its journals, are attached-two sets of radial arms,F, the corresponding arms of the two sets being parallel with eachother, and connected at their outer ends by two cross-bars, G. To theouter sides of the arms F are attached side boards or a wooden casing,H, and to the cross-bars G are attached casing-boards I, thus formingahollow polygonal wheel. The casing H I should be lined with heavy tinor galvanized sheetiron. Two of the casing-boards I are left loose, arehinged at one edge to the adjacent board I, and are secured in place,when closed, by

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hasps or other suitable fastening, to adapt them to serve as doors. Thedoors I may be arranged to slide, if desired.

To the inner sides of the radial arms F are attached plates J, of heavytin or galvanized sheet-iron; and to the inner sides of the crossbarsGr, except opposite the doors I, are attached plates K, of heavy tin'orgalvanized sheet-iron, thus forming a hollow-walled hollow wheel. v I vIn the middle parts of the arms E are formed holes or notches f, toallow thesteam to pass from one of the hollow-wall compartments toanother.

In the space within the doors I are placed screens L, which are securedin place by pins, buttons, or other suitable fastenings.

In the hollow shaft D, within the inner wall J, are formed numerousholes, d through which the steam escapes into the interior of In thehollow shaft'D, between the wheel. the walls H J and the arms F, areformed holes d through which steam escapes into.

compartments of the hollow walls. In the outer shell H, between thedoors I and the screens L, are formed holes h, through which the steammay be allowed to escape from the interior of the wheel. In the outershell H, between the boards I and plates K, are formed holes k throughwhichthe steam may be allowed to escape from the compartments of thehollow walls. The holes It h? are closed and opened, partly or wholly,by spring-buttons M, pivoted to the walls H, or byother suitable means.

Steam is introduced into one end of the hollow shaft D through a shortpipe, N, having flanges a formed around it, near its ends, to prevent itfrom being pushed too far into the shaft D and into the steam'pipe. Thepipe N is kept in place by the plate or bar 0, the outer end of which isbent downward, and is notched to receive the pipe N, and'the inner endof which is slotted 'to receive the screws or bolts by which it issecured to the frame 0. Theother end of the hollow shaft D is closed bya plug, P.

When the steam is to be shut ofi from the interior of the wheel the plugPis withdrawn,

and the rod Q is inserted in the cavity of the shaft D. The rod Q has ahead, g upon its outer end, to close the end of the shaft D, and haspackings q secured around it, in such'positious as prevent steam frompassing through the holes al into the interior of the wheel.

To the sides H, at the corners of one of the doors I, are attached hooksR, for the bedtick to be hooked upon when removing the feathers from themachine.

Upon the shaft D, within the cavity of the wheel, are placed two hubs,S, to which are attached radi'al arms T, the outer ends of which extendnearly to the inner wall K of the wheel, and are connected in pairs bycrossbars U. The hubs S are made in the form of half-tubes, and aresecured in place upon said shaft D by open rings V, slipped upon theinner ends of the said hubs.

The wheel is made to carry the agitator S T U V with it in itsrevolution by pins W, at-

tached to one of the screens L, and against which one of the cross-barsU strike.

In using the machine, the feathers are introduced through one of thedoors I, and the screen and door are again secured in place. The steamis then admitted, and the wheel is slowly revolved. The dirt from thefeathers is sifted through the screens L, and is driven through them bythe steam into the space be tween the screens and doors. When thefeathers have been sufficiently steamed the plug P is removed and therodQ is inserted, shutting off the steam from the interior of the wheel,

and allowing it pass only through the compartments of the double wallsof said wheel. At the same time the doors I are opened, so that cold airmay be allowed to pass through the wheel, while the moisture is drivenoff by its heated walls. (When this process has been continued asufficient time the steam is cut off, and a few more turns of the wheelmakes the feathers perfectly dry.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl w 1. The combination of the half-tube hubs S, theradial arms T, the cross-bars U, and the open rings V with thehollowperforated shaft D and thedouble-w'alledwheel F G H I J K, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the flanged pipe N n and the adjustable holder 0with the hollow perforated shaft D d d of thedouble-walled wheel F G H IJ K, substantially. as shown and described. p

3. The combination of the rod Q, provided with the head g and thepackings q, with the hollow perforated shaft D d d of the doublewalledwheel F G H I J K, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOSEPH QHATWELL DIVERS.

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